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Chunchula, AL
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Living in Chunchula


Chunchula is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 195 people and two associated neighborhoods, Chunchula is the 385th largest community in Alabama.

Chunchula’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Chunchula has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Chunchula has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Chunchula than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Chunchula may be for you.

In Chunchula, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.43 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Chunchula is a very car-oriented town. 100.00% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Chunchula is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Chunchula has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small town, Chunchula does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, the citizens of Chunchula rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.40% of adults 25 and older in Chunchula have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Chunchula in 2022 was $26,692, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,768 for a family of four. However, Chunchula contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Chunchula also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 57.60% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Chunchula is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Chunchula home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chunchula residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Chunchula include English, European, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.

The most common language spoken in Chunchula is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.

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